Middle (7+) - Overall, the protagonist is a child, the antagonists are adult, but these deal with deeper issues that are not at all childlike. I might call them baby steps to growing up as a reader.
Ness - The Knife of Never Letting Go
Anderson - Feed
Pearson - The Adoration of Genna Fox
Hautman - Rash
Card - Ender's Game
Philbrick - The Last Book in the Universe
Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451
Golding - Lord of the Flies (not really dystopia, but so like one...)
Pratchett - Nation (not really dystopia, but so like one...)
Higher:- Overall, the protagonists are adults in adult worlds. Overall, the books are long. These are for kids who are ready for the autonomy of growing up and thinking at the same time.
Orwell - 1984 and Animal Farm
Wells - The Time Machine
McCarthy - The Road
Miller - A Canticle for Leibowitz
Atwood - The Handmaiden's Tale
Gibson - Neuromancer
James - The Children of Men
Clifford - The Book
Wyndham - The Chrysalids
Moore - V for Vandetta (graphic novel)
Brooks - World War Z
Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Here is a summary of the answers I received:
Premier Reading Challenge site – there is an entry for mature readers
http://www.premiersreadingchallenge.sa.edu.au/prc/pages/books/Homepages/?reFlag=1
have a year 6/7 section in the library
have a parental permission shelf
ask parents’ permission for students to read mature reads / loan restrictions on catalogue
Wheelers website
http://www.wheelersbooks.com.au/
Inside a dog http://www.insideadog.com.au/great reviews!
Good reading website http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/
Publishing sites
Fiction Focus Western Australia http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/publications/FictionFocus/index.htm
Commonsense media for reviews http://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews
Pat Pledger’s Read Plus http://www.readplus.com.au/index.php
I like this one as it contains IB learner profile recommendations
Scholastic
And a rule of thumb:
“If characters in books are no more than two years older than the readers the book fits the reader well”
Regards
Uta Enneking-McQuillan
Navigator College
Port Lincoln
Middle (7+) - Overall, the protagonist is a child, the antagonists are adult, but these deal with deeper issues that are not at all childlike. I might call them baby steps to growing up as a reader.
Ness - The Knife of Never Letting Go
Anderson - Feed
Pearson - The Adoration of Genna Fox
Hautman - Rash
Card - Ender's Game
Philbrick - The Last Book in the Universe
Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451
Golding - Lord of the Flies (not really dystopia, but so like one...)
Pratchett - Nation (not really dystopia, but so like one...)
Higher: - Overall, the protagonists are adults in adult worlds. Overall, the books are long. These are for kids who are ready for the autonomy of growing up and thinking at the same time.
Orwell - 1984 and Animal Farm
Wells - The Time Machine
McCarthy - The Road
Miller - A Canticle for Leibowitz
Atwood - The Handmaiden's Tale
Gibson - Neuromancer
James - The Children of Men
Clifford - The Book
Wyndham - The Chrysalids
Moore - V for Vandetta (graphic novel)
Brooks - World War Z
Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Best reads wiki
http://australian-best-reads.wikispaces.com/